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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government and for England and Wales. It is the guardian of some of our most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years. The National Archives is a...
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Data sources of numbers relating to the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
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Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
Apply to the Public Trustee to find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.
Form A64A: Application to receive information from court records about a parental order.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
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